Apparatus eok bulging bells



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES R. BAIRI), OF VINCENNES, INDIANA.

APPARATUS FOR RINGING BELLS.

Specification of Letters Patent No.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES R. BAIRD, of the city of Vincennes, in the State of In diana, have invented a new and Improved Mode of Ringing Bells; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The object of my invention, is to afford facilities for conveniently and perfectly ringing an elevated bell from a position any distance below it.

The nature of my invention consists in the attachment of the circular lever directly to the ball or lower end of the tongue instead of to the upper end or to the pivot on which it swings. By this mode of attachment, the diagonal bars and upright standard used in the bell ringing device patented by Thomas V. Stran for producing the parallel motion, is dispensed with, and thus a very simple device accomplishing all the advantageous results attained by Strans complicated arrangement, is securedand at the same time every facility afforded for 18,623, dated November 17, 1857.

connecting the lower ends of the pendulous cords or wires by a cross head so that they may be operated by one man, through a single handle.

I do not claim ringing an elevated bell from a position below it by means of a flexible or jointed frame, when said frame is attached directly to the axis on which the upper end of the tongue swings, as in the J. R. BAIRD.

IVitnesses:

HENRY V. CAUTHORN, A. L. COMYER.

J. BALL.

Straw and Fodder Cu ttgr. No. 18,624. Patented Nov, 17, 1857.

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